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Title: Friday Quiz carried forward until today
Post by: Bob's Orange on Monday, February 23, 2015, 11:27:34
I'll post the answers at about 4 ish.

1.   Which European country elected its first female head of state last month?   
2.   Residents of Romford will shortly be able to have home deliveries from which fast food chain? 
3.   Which Looney Tunes rodent was billed as ‘the fastest mouse in all Mexico’?             
4.   Name the current event.   

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5.   Who is the only person to have a football World Cup winner’s medal and to have appeared in a Best Picture Oscar-nominated film?                                                                       
6.   What is the oldest Japanese car manufacturer? 
7.   Arsenal Futbol Club won the Primera Division title in 2012.  Nicknamed ‘El Arse’, it is a football club in which country ? 
8.   The population of which Asian country officially reached 100 million last year?     
9.   What  links these two pictures?     

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10.   Name the song 

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11.   In medieval times, while dogs and young children were also harnessed for this job, what could a good goosekeep spinning for up to 12 hours? 
12.   Name the world’s ‘Great’ ballet company, founded in the 18th century using recruits from the orphanage where the ballet company originally held classes.?     
13.   Name the building 

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14.   What’s the event if four becomes five because of two extra players? 
15.   Which British artist, who died in 2008, was noted for her comic representation of plump people ?   
16.   Which American weekly magazine, first published in the 1930s, stopped producing a print edition in 2012? 
17.   Name the film.   

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18.   4 gardeners share a large garden measuring 48m x 40m.  Each  has their own rectangular plot.  Alan is the only one with a square plot.  Its area is half the area of Betty’s.  The area of Alan’s plot is 2/3 the area of Charlie’s plot.  Their plots have one side in common.  Daphne’s garden is twice the area of Charlie’s.  What are the dimensions (length and width of each person’s plot

 
19.   What connection links these pictures: 

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20.   Unscramble the two connected words  :  E L M M O R R S S U U U


Title: Re: Friday Quiz carried forward until today
Post by: blah blah on Monday, February 23, 2015, 11:34:54
3 Speedy Gonzales
5 Did I see something about Frank LeBoeuf this week ?
9 Clancy Wigham/Abby Clancy


Title: Re: Friday Quiz carried forward until today
Post by: Abrahammer on Monday, February 23, 2015, 11:38:31
2. Burger King (I think)
7. Argentina


Title: Re: Friday Quiz carried forward until today
Post by: kerry red on Monday, February 23, 2015, 11:44:09
17. Blazing Saddles


Title: Re: Friday Quiz carried forward until today
Post by: reeves4england on Monday, February 23, 2015, 11:48:50
18:
Alan 16m x 16m
Charlie 16m x 24m
Daphne 24m x 32m
Betty 16m x 32m


Title: Re: Friday Quiz carried forward until today
Post by: ExiledEric on Monday, February 23, 2015, 11:58:40
13.  Rembrandt Museum, Amsterdam
15.  Beryl Cook?


Title: Re: Friday Quiz carried forward until today
Post by: blah blah on Monday, February 23, 2015, 11:59:22
14 could be a three legged race ?


Title: Re: Friday Quiz carried forward until today
Post by: suttonred on Monday, February 23, 2015, 12:00:41
16> Mad magazine?


Title: Re: Friday Quiz carried forward until today
Post by: Batch on Monday, February 23, 2015, 12:00:58
5. Franc Le Boeuf

edit: bugger, blah blah got it.


Title: Re: Friday Quiz carried forward until today
Post by: Jamiesfuturewife on Monday, February 23, 2015, 12:11:03
10 is fancy? IGgy Azelea and Charlie XCX?


Title: Re: Friday Quiz carried forward until today
Post by: kerry red on Monday, February 23, 2015, 12:16:46
19. Anthony Hopkins

Starred in Thor, Hannibal, Silence of the Lambs and The Hunchback of Notre Dame and portrayed Hitchcock in a film


Title: Re: Friday Quiz carried forward until today
Post by: 4D on Monday, February 23, 2015, 12:19:44
20. Remus romulus


Title: Re: Friday Quiz carried forward until today
Post by: 4D on Monday, February 23, 2015, 12:28:29
8. Philippines


Title: Re: Friday Quiz carried forward until today
Post by: Sir Pissalot on Monday, February 23, 2015, 12:57:24
1.  Croatia
4.  Chinese New Year (changed from horse to sheep)
6. Daihatsu


Title: Re: Friday Quiz carried forward until today
Post by: Reg Smeeton on Monday, February 23, 2015, 13:08:05
 Couple that don't seem to have been got
 11. Guess the spit for roasting meat
 12. You'd think Bolshoi Ballet


Title: Re: Friday Quiz carried forward until today
Post by: blah blah on Monday, February 23, 2015, 15:48:03
11 I would have guessed some sort of spinning jenny, but you may be right. Cant really see how a goose would spin either though to be honest


Title: Re: Friday Quiz carried forward until today
Post by: Bob's Orange on Tuesday, February 24, 2015, 12:25:12
1.   Which European country elected its first female head of state last month?  Croatia  
2.   Residents of Romford will shortly be able to have home deliveries from which fast food chain?  Burger King  
3.   Which Looney Tunes rodent was billed as ‘the fastest mouse in all Mexico’?  Speedy Gonzalez            
4.   Name the current event.     Chinese New Year (horse to sheep)

5.   Who is the only person to have a football World Cup winner’s medal and to have appeared in a Best Picture Oscar-nominated film?  Frank Leboeuf                                                                        
6.   What is the oldest Japanese car manufacturer?  Daihatsu
7.   Arsenal Futbol Club won the Primera Division title in 2012.  Nicknamed ‘El Arse’, it is a football club in which country ?  Argentina  
8.   The population of which Asian country officially reached 100 million last year?   Philippines  
9.   What  links these two pictures?       Clancy (Police chief Clancy Wiggum / Abbey Clancy)
 
10.   Name the song    Fancy
11.   In medieval times, while dogs and young children were also harnessed for this job, what could a good goose keep spinning for up to 12 hours?  Roasting a joint on a spit (the goose was on a treadmill)  
12.   Name the world’s ‘Great’ ballet company, founded in the 18th century using recruits from the orphanage where the ballet company originally held classes.?  Bolshoi (means ‘great’ in Russian)    
13.   Name the building    The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam
14.   What’s the event if four becomes five because of two extra players? A rugby union game.  (Rugby League uses 13 players and scores 4 points for a try, Rugby Union has 15 players and 5 points for a try)
15.   Which British artist, who died in 2008, was noted for her comic representation of plump people ?  Beryl Cook  
16.   Which American weekly magazine, first published in the 1930s, stopped producing a print edition in 2012?  Newsweek
17.   Name the film.      Blazing Saddles

18.   4 gardeners share a large garden measuring 48m x 40m.  Each  has their own rectangular plot.  Alan is the only one with a square plot.  Its area is half the area of Betty’s.  The area of Alan’s plot is 2/3 the area of Charlie’s plot.  Their plots have one side in common.  Daphne’s garden is twice the area of Charlie’s.  What are the dimensions (length and width of each person’s plot?  Alan’s is 16 x 16; Betty’s 32 x 16; Charlie’s 24 x 16 and Daphne’s 24 x 32

 
19.   What connection links these pictures:  Anthony Hopkins films (The Hunchback of Notre Dame; Silence of the Lambs; Hitchcock; Thor; Hannibal)

  20.   Unscramble the two connected words  :  E L M M O R R S S U U U  ROMULUS & REMUS